Firearm rail/handguard and mounting system
AssigneeSamson Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsScott Samson, Tanner Landis, Andrew Dreher
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Abstract
An assembly for mounting a handguard to a firearm prevents longitudinal, axial, or radial misalignment relative to the axis of the firearm barrel by utilizing a biasing element disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior diameter of the handguard, a clamping element positioned opposite the biasing element about the perimeter of the barrel nut and having a first wedged surface, and a threaded wedge configured to co-act with the first wedged surface of the clamping element to directionally force the clamping element against the barrel nut in a manner that prevents canting of the handguard.
Claims16
An assembly apparatus for securing a handguard to a firearm having a cylindrical barrel nut, the assembly apparatus comprises:
- a handguard having a first end with an interior diameter shaped to receive at least a portion of an exterior of the barrel nut thereagainst;
- a biasing element disposable intermediate the barrel nut and the interior diameter of the handguard, the biasing element having first and second biasing surfaces disposable adjacent first and second exterior surface portions, respectively, of the barrel nut;
- a mechanism for securing the biasing element intermediate the handguard and the barrel nut,
- a clamping element having a first wedged surface and disposable intermediate the barrel nut and the interior diameter of the handguard opposite the biasing element about the barrel nut exterior;
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- a threaded wedge having a second wedged surface configured to co-act with the first wedged surface of the clamping element to force the clamping element against the barrel nut.
An assembly kit for use with a firearm having a barrel nut and a handguard, the kit comprising:
- a biasing element disposable intermediate the barrel nut and an interior diameter of the handguard, the biasing element having first and second biasing surfaces disposed adjacent first and second exterior surface portions, respectively, of the barrel nut;
- a mechanism for securing the biasing element intermediate the handguard and the barrel nut,
- a clamping element having a first wedged surface, the clamping element disposable intermediate the barrel nut and the interior diameter of the handguard opposite the biasing element about one of the first and second exterior surface portions of the barrel nut;
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- a threaded wedge having a second wedged surface configured to co-act with the first wedged surface of the clamping element to directionally force the clamping element against the barrel nut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.